Laser Tools have just added a number of valve shim tools to its growing range of motorcycle maintenance tools. These tools are indispensable when carrying out adjustment or overhaul of engine valves with solid shim-type
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Are you retro-spective?
The more things change, the more they stay the same, so the saying goes. Which begs this month’s question: ‘are retro bikes good for our hobby?’ As in, should we applaud the pale imitations of
Read moreVMCC section embraces the Roaring Twenties
The East Sussex section of the Vintage Motor Cycle Club presented a fine selection of machinery at a Roaring Twenties Day in Bexhill-on-Sea recently, with motorcycles around the VMCC stand including a period 1925 James,
Read moreA Norton Navigator’s tale – the rescuer rescued
Les Orme tells how, many years after the event, he managed to return the favour to a Norton Navigator that had rescued him from a breakdown crisis in France. My motorcycling days started in 1959,
Read moreSweltering success for Skipton’s record-breaking Big Bike Sunday
Records were broken during the Girder Fork & Classic Motorcycle Club’s 20th anniversary year when 1300 visitors – a big increase over last year’s 850 – supported the club’s Big Bike Sunday charity event at
Read moreWinners all in 68th VMCC Banbury Run
Riding a 1903 Quadrant Banking Tricycle, Geoff Wheeler took the Len Wills Trophy for the best performance on a veteran machine at this year’s Vintage Motor Cycle Club Banbury Run on Sunday, June 19. Awards
Read moreNorton Festival salutes Lancashire biker Phil – still burning up the roads at 85 years young
This year’s Norton Owners’ Club Festival included a 30-mile ride around the New Forest area before converging on the Sammy Miller Museum, where more than 200 bikes had gathered by noon on Saturday, July 2.
Read moreIconic Japanese bike collection up for sale
A single-owner collection of seventeen iconic Japanese classic motorcycles spanning the 1980s and 1990s are headed for Bonhams Harrogate sale, taking place November 12… “Stripped and rebuilt to factory standard, with original parts carefully sourced
Read moreCool racers seen at Stafford
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Editor Bert Simmonds was rather taken at Stafford by Stuart Newton’s tucked-out-of-the-way stand at the show and its amazing wares… Two bikes were very special indeed: one was a lovely race Honda
Read moreWinter warmer at Newark
The Carole Nash Classic Bike Guide Winter Classic show will warm your cockles in January. This show traditionally gives the year a classic kick-start, taking place as it does over the weekend of January 3-4…
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